A court in Sicily has freed the German captain of a rescue boat who was arrested after she landed migrants and refugees rescued from the Mediterranean in the Italian island of Lampedusa. The landing was against current Italian government policy.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has launched a video to promote the maritime industry as a career for women.
The second Europe-Asia Maritime Summit met in Odessa, Ukraine in early June. Initiated by the Marine Transport Workers’ Trade Union of Ukraine (MTWTU), the meeting is a platform to promote Ukrainian seafarers and Ukraine to a wide range of potential employers.
Civilian workers for the British Royal Navy are taking industrial action over their pay. Nearly 700 workers at the Royal Navy’s Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), which supports the navy’s global logistical operations, are taking the action following a “derisory” 1.5 percent pay rise.
Seafarers in many parts of the world continue to face the hazards of boardings by intruders and criminals, often carrying weapons. Recent incidents reported to the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) Piracy Reporting Centre (PRC) worldwide 24-hour PRC include the following:
The ITF has continued its cooperation with the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with a high-level meeting in Dubai.
“For over three years, Gennadiy Gavrylov has been stranded in Sri Lanka desperate to go home, while Sri Lankan authorities refuse to grant him permission to leave the country,” said ITF general secretary Stephen Cotton.
Nautilus International and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) today raised serious concerns over the seizure of British oil tanker Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz, and have called for a diplomatic resolution to the situation and de-escal
The 23 crew members of a British-flagged oil tanker are being held by Iran after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard seized the Swedish-owned Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz.
The international rescue charity SOS Méditerranée has announced that it is resuming its search-and-rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya.
